第二十三

dì-èrshísān
number #36,996

Meanings

  1. 1 the twenty-third; 23rd
  2. 2 No. 23

Examples

Tā zài bǐsài zhōng déle dì'èrshísān míng.
He came in 23rd in the competition.
Qǐng fān dào dì'èrshísān yè.
Please turn to page 23.
Jīntiān shì dì'èrshísān jiè bìyè diǎnlǐ.
Today is the 23rd graduation ceremony.

Tips

grammar
is the ordinal-number prefix that turns any cardinal number into an ordinal: 第一 'first', 第二 'second', 第二十三 'twenty-third'. After the number you almost always need a measure word or counting noun: 第二十三 '23rd place', 第二十三 '23rd session', 第二十三 '23rd page'.

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